Archive for January, 2010

Coloring Books – It is not My Idea of a Good Time



Any student who has taken a class from me at the university knows how I feel about coloring books and other pre-drawn images for children. Some adults tell me it is ‘relaxing’ for children to just color. Coloring books are designed to occupy a child’s time. For some adults that is a good thing. If [...]

Rap your ABC song for your child!



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Welcoming to the Table



I am currently attending the NAEYC Professional Development Conference being held in Phoenix. I attended a wonderful workshop today about welcoming all children to the table in the classroom. Sometimes ‘null’ curriculum (curriculum that we don’t intentionally teach, but the children still learn) is reinforced as much as the ‘explicit’ curriculum (core standards). What do [...]